Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2501: Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2501 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs.